triolet

triolet

English

Etymology

French triolet

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtriːə(ʊ)lɛt/, /ˈtrʌɪəlɛt/

Noun

triolet (plural triolets)

1. (poetry) An eight-line poem whose rhyme scheme is ABaAabAB and whose lines are in iambic tetrameter.

   Coordinate term: sestina

   • 2005, Connie Homan Weaver, Poetry a la Carte, Prufrock Press Inc., →ISBN, page 110:

     The triolet, like the sestina and several other forms of French-derived poetry, is a form of rhyming poetry that has lines that repeat.

Derived terms

• biolet
• trioletic

Translations

An eight-line poem

Armenian: տրիոլետ (hy) (triolet) Belarusian: трыяле́т m (tryjaljét) Danish: please add this translation if you can Estonian: triolett Finnish: trioletti Georgian: ტრიოლეტი (ṭrioleṭi) German: Triolett n Greek: τριολέτο (el) n (trioléto) Hungarian: triolett Italian: please add this translation if you can Latvian: triolets m Lithuanian: trioletas m Polish: triolet (pl) m Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: триоле́т (ru) m (triolét) Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swedish: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: тріоле́т m (triolét)

Further reading

• triolet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “triolet”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• tortile

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrɪolɛt]

Noun

triolet m

1. (poetry) triolet

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• triolet in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• triolet in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• triolet in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtri.(j)oːˈlɛt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: tri‧o‧let

Noun

triolet m or f or n (plural trioletten, diminutive trioletje n)

1. (poetry) triolet

References

• “triolet” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

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French

Etymology

tri- +‎ -ole +‎ -et

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.jɔ.lɛ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophone: triolets

Noun

triolet m (plural triolets)

1. (poetry) triplet, triolet
2. (music) triplet

Further reading

• “triolet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French triolet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrjɔ.lɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɔlɛt
• Syllabification: trio‧let

Noun

triolet m inan

1. (poetry) triolet

Declension

Declension of triolet

	singular	plural
nominative	triolet	triolety
genitive	trioletu	trioletów
dative	trioletowi	trioletom
accusative	triolet	triolety
instrumental	trioletem	trioletami
locative	triolecie	trioletach
vocative	triolecie	triolety

Derived terms

adjective

• trioletowy

 

Further reading

• triolet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• triolet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From French triolet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tri.oˈlet/

Noun

triolet n (plural triolete)

1. (poetry) triolet

Declension

Declension of triolet

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) triolet	trioletul	(niște) triolete	trioletele
genitive/dative	(unui) triolet	trioletului	(unor) triolete	trioletelor
vocative	trioletule		trioletelor

Further reading

• triolet in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtriolet]

Noun

triolet m

1. (poetry) triolet

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• triolet in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Slovene

Noun

triolet m

1. (poetry) triolet

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “triolet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran